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Dansko Professional Clog, Black Box Leather
Stand and walk on a hard line for ten hours and still feel it in your feet at the end, not in your back at hour four.
Price$198.95
Dansko, LLC publishes $140.00–$160.00 for this model depending on size, colour or promotion. We charge the list price.
Published by Dansko, LLC: Professional Clog — Black Box (Style 006020202). The price reference comes from the maker and can change.
Why this shape
The Professional is built on a polyurethane rocker outsole that pushes the foot forward through the gait cycle so a cook rolling between stations does not land flat-footed on tile, and the single-density open-cell PU footbed absorbs impact that would otherwise travel up the shin on a concrete floor. The box-leather upper is the Dansko answer to a wet kitchen — smooth, clean-finished, and wiped down with a damp soapy cloth when stock spills, where suede or canvas would stain and stay stained. A 2-inch heel and 0.8-inch platform put a working cook at a slight forward lean that matches a counter without forcing the lower back to hold a posterior tilt all day, and the heel counter is loose by design — the heel lifts and lowers freely while the rest of the foot stays put, which is what makes the shoe function as a clog.
- Good for
- Line cooks on tile and concrete, banquet chefs on their feet through plating, pastry stations where you stand in one place for hours, anyone whose lower back tells them when a service ran long.
- Not for
- Greasy line where a slick-resisted outsole matters more than rocker geometry — the PU outsole is real but it is not the tread Shoes for Crews or Crocs Bistro put on a kitchen floor. Reach for those at a fryer station.
- Care
- Wipe box leather with a damp soapy cloth or sponge to remove surface dirt; do not oversaturate the leather. Air dry away from direct heat. Dansko publishes this verbatim on the product page.
Published specifications
What the maker states.
- Upper material
- Box leather (smooth, clean finish)
- Socklining
- Leather
- Footbed
- Single-density open-cell PU foam
- Outsole
- PU rocker bottom
- Heel height
- 2 in
- Platform height
- 0.8 in
- Inner frame
- Provides added stability
- Heel counter
- Allows heel to move up and down freely with lateral stability
- Sizes EU
- 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 (whole sizes only)
- US Women conversion
- Women US 4.5-5 through EU 35; Women US 12.5-13 through EU 43
- US Men conversion
- Men US 7.5-8 through EU 41; Men US 14.5-15 through EU 48
- Widths
- Regular and Wide (Wide Pro Black Box is a separate product)
- ColorwaysProfessional line
- Black Box, Black Oiled, Antique Brown Oiled, Black Cabrio, Black Patent, Petrol Patent, Saddle Full Grain, Cordovan Cabrio, Sand Milled Burnished, Pink Milled Burnished, White Box, Honey Distressed
- Certification
- APMA Seal of Acceptance (American Podiatric Medical Association)
- Free shipping
- Yes, with free exchanges
- Return window
- 60 days